Wednesday, 28 March 2012

How to catch a bus......

…......from
Stockwood or Brislington to the new Hengrove Hospital.

Or to BEC, or
St Brendans, or the Stockwood Open Space, or Horse World, or Gilda
Parade, or Whitchurch Centre/ASDA, or the old sports centre, or the
new Leisure Pool, or the Skills Academy, or Imperial (retail) Park ,
or Hengrove Leisure Park, or the 'destination' play park).

OK,
it can't be done. Not in a single journey, anyway, despite all the
assurances given that these £multi-million public assets would be
made easily accessible without resorting to a car (if you happen to
have one).

Here's one suggestion
that might just provide a service at least once an hour. It
proposes an extension for some buses on the No1 (Broomhill) route by
way of Brislington P&R, Hungerford Rd and West Town Lane, where
it splits into a loop – one way through Stockwood and south
Hengrove, the other direct by Airport Road, to the Hengrove Park
complex. Perhaps one an hour each way would offer a usable service to
the several main destinations en route, enough to make it at least
break even.

At the same time, it gives the chance to shorten
the 36 route by just taking it down Callington Road between Tesco and
Brislington Square, saving upwards of 10 minutes. That would bring St
Annes within 30 minutes of Hengrove Park. The map
makes it clearer

The
reality today is merely an unfulfilled promise from Bristol City
Council, and a commitment to review the situation once a year. Meanwhile, no bus. The
proposal has been sent to their public transport section; when the
reply comes, I'll publish it here

About this Blog

This one's from the little known Bristolian outpost of Stockwood, first settled by city expats back in the fifties. Leafy, open, and close to the countryside.... until they grub up the Green Belt and open spaces to build an 'urban extension'.

Written by an adoptive Stockwoodsman, arrived from the wild north-east back in 2004, this blog sets out to look at Stockwood and Bristol issues, mostly from a green perspective